Improvement in folding chairs



N. D-ANN. Folding-Chair.

Patented"0ct. HI, 1875.

453W, aw W dim/M 729w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC N. DANN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW HAVEN FOLDING-CHAIR COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOLDING CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 168,725, dated October 11, 1875; application filed July 27, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N DANN, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Folding Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, side view as set up for use; Fig. 2, partial rear view; Fig. 3, side view, folded.-

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of chairs which are constructed so as to be folded into a compact form when not required for use, or for convenience of transportation, the object of 'this invention being to construct a chair with rockers; and it consists in the combination of a back, the rear legs and seat pivoted to the lower ends of the back, the front legs pivoted to the back above the pivot of the rear legs, a hinge-support between the front legs and the front portion of the seat, and rockers pivoted to the lower ends of the legs, as more fully hereinafter described.

A is the back, to the lower end of which the rear legs B are pivoted, as at a; C, the front legs, pivoted to the back above the pivot of the rear legs,as at cl,- D, the seat, hinged to the lower ends of the back, as at c, Fig. 2, and as shown in broken lines, Fig. 1; and near the front of the seat a support, E, is pivoted to the seat, as at f, and to the front legs below, as at h. oted to rockers G, as at n.

The chair is folded by turning the top of the back forward toward the seat, turning upon the pivot d of the front legs, which thrqws back the seat and rear legs, as in broken lines, and until the chair is brought into the completely-closed position, as seen in Fig. 3.

The chair is held in its setup position, because of the pivot of the rear leg being brought forward of the pivot of the front leg, and the upper end of the rear leg coming into connection with the under side of the front leg, as shown.

In illustrating this invention, but one side of the chair is shown. It will be understood, however, that both sides are alike, and the two connected by rundles or slats, in the usual manner.

I claim' In afolding chair, the combination of the back A, the rear legs B, pivoted thereto, the front legs C, pivoted to the back above the said rear legs, the seat D, hinged to the'said back, and connected to the front legs by the pivoted support E, and the rockers G, pivoted to the lower ends of the legs, substantially as described.

ISAAC N. .DANN. Witnesses:

J. H. SHU'MWAY, CLARA BROUGHTON.

The lower ends of the legs are piv- 

